Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rock Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Ferryhill , and the 564th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rock Road (DL16 7DB) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Ferryhill average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rock Road (DL16 7DB), the main crime hotspot is near West Terrace. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Belle Vue Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belle Vue Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belle Vue Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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